GREENSBORO, N.C. – The Emory & Henry College Baseball Team has been recognized by the American Baseball Coaches Association for its accomplishments in the classroom, ABCA officials announced this week. This year the Team Academic Excellence Award is being presented by Sports Attack.

Emory & Henry is one of six teams from the South Atlantic Conference and 85 NCAA Division II programs that received the Team Academic Excellence Award. It is the second year in a row and the fifth time in the past six years that the Wasps have earned the honor.

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The ABCA Team Academic Excellence Award is given to teams which post a grade point average of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale for the academic year. This year, more than 470 programs from all levels of college baseball (NCAA Division I, Division II, Division III, NAIA and Junior College) were recognized for their academic success.

The American Baseball Coaches Association has a long tradition of recognizing the achievements of baseball coaches and student-athletes. The ABCA/Rawlings All-America Teams are the nation's oldest, founded in 1949, and the ABCA's awards program also includes the ABCA/Rawlings All-Region Awards, the ABCA/Diamond Regional & National Coaches of the Year, the ABCA Hall of Fame and the Dave Keilitz Ethics in Coaching Award.

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